How do I add search filters?

Thanks very much!

I finally found the files.  I wish Microsoft would improve the search function of Windows Explorer.  It's not very helpful, in my opinion.

Again, thanks for your help.

Robert

its horrible.  A 12 year old could produce a better search functionality than Explorer in Windows 7.

I'm sorry, but these "moderators" aren't even answering the questions, obviously.  That's because, for some UNKNOWN REASON, Microsoft decided to drop the ball totally with Windows 7 and RUINED their search capability in Explorer.  The person who designed (re-designed and ruined) the search functionality AND the people who approved it for sale should all be fired.

Can't you see what people are asking for?  For example, I just did a "search" in a specific folder on my computer with the word "quick" in the name.  I knew there were several, but not ONE came up.  Why?  Well for one thing, I can't just choose to search for the NAME of a file -- I have to sift through every document, html file, image, EVERYTHING that has the word "quick" IN it, whether its buried on the 10th page or somewhere else.

HERE'S THE KICKER.   I got NO results with the term "quick" in the NAME.  You know why??  Because after I dug around in that folder manually, visually, going through EVERY file -- the files I needed were named "quickorder.. etc."   So on top of the fact that Windows Explorer for Windows 7 can't filter your searches for just the NAME of a file,  it can't even find a result in this case at all.   NEWS FLASH:   SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A FILE NAMED QUICKORDER SOMETHING  IF I AM SEARCHING FOR A FILE WITH THE WORD 'QUICK' IN IT.

PITIFUL, MSoft.  And it really ticks me off these moderators ignore our questions and just spew the typical.  I've had pcs since 1994 and worked on them before that -- in DOS.   I have NEVER bought an Apple computer.  NOW -- next time -- I have to because I am not willing to spend my hard earned money on a product that not only is completely inept in even continuing to work the way it used to (let alone improve) -- but the fact that Microsoft and its supporters just ignore us.  Oh, what -- "just wait til Windows 8?"  Too LATE -- I will never buy Windows 8 because what are you going to screw up then???   ITS OVER, MICROSOFT.  THANKS A BUNCH FOR FORCING ME TO THE DARK SIDE.

When viewing libraries, these additional filters magically appear. To "add" these same filters to non-library searches, you need to click the Start button + F3 on your keyboard.

I think one of the problems here is how the greyed out "Add a search filter" text is interpreted. Some want to enable more kinds of search filters to be visible in (future) searches. I imagine though that "Add a search filter" is greyed out for every user on the planet because it is an "underthought" textual prompt provided to the user who may want to use one of the search filters below in the current search. Of course, there is a whole gosh darn syntax manual spelling out all the filters one can use but nobody at Microsoft thought to create a GUI for filter adding/removing/editing nor has anybody at Microsoft thought some users never bothered with using Libraries since Libraries is a feature coming up a few bits short of a byte IMO.

Why the Windows 7 dev team overlooked how I presume most of its users use Windows Explorer to search is a question best answered by somebody who gives a snit in the year 2525 because from the looks of it nobody in Redmond cared about this issue when it was decided to abandon Longhorn because it just made too much sense and was more of anApple idea than a PC idea anyway. Just my guess. :)

P.S. Can somebody at Microsoft Answers please provide a reverse chrono button or at least a Go to Last Page button to see the latest answers without having to wade through many pages. Often latter pages have better info anyway on older topics that users continually run across years later.

Forget Windows Explorer use  http://www.freecommander.com/

It's better and it's free.